The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-07-09
FARM ExpEaiEMok
~ sct,csl Netss % the Censsraselso -
STABLES anA Other 1splcs.

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STABLES anA Other Topples.
NV ideal stable for cattle would b.
one low in the ceiling, short from the
feeding place. tight as possible. with
holes only large enough for tho cattle
to put their heads through to the entry
or barn floor to eat from There
should be q ventilator back OF the cat
tie to be closed in the coolest weather.
IL necessary. 50 that manure should mos
freeze In the stable; the heat from tho
animals would keep up the tempers.
ture. Then there should be plenty Of
large doors to threw open In mild
weather. For twenty-seven years !
have wintcred cattle in stables a. no az
on this plan as I could, in old stables.
tightening them with straw and ma
nure. Cattle kept day and night IN
such stables do not require more than
half the hay that others do in open
stables, and they come out ~ tat and
sleek in the spring As they went In y
the first snow.
A plank two feet wide laid on tho
ground for their hind feet to stand on.
with q tight gutter behind, saves all the
solid and liquid manure. II much
straw is used the manure should b.
piled out doors 80 that tho rain would
keep it from molding. The piles should
be deep, and concave on top, and there
should be . ditch to hold the manure
water that oozes through, this should
be thrown or dumped on top frequent.
". This is the way manure Is saved
in Germany. II absorbents r little
used, tho manure should be piled
higher or put under shelter. Horse
manure should be spread thin where
the rain can fall on II, and be kept
fat. II it smokes, water should DO
applied freely to IT, or it should be
hauled out and spread. Natures way
to apply manure is on top. For some
years past I have put manure On
plowed land for corn, dragging a.
much in the hills IS they would bear.
This makes the orn laugh and grow
big. l cut the corr about the 18th OF
September and sow to wheat, which Is
best for the land and the next crop Of
clover. But il the o r is succeeded
by oats. look out for a big crop. Then
two hundred pounds of bone dust will
make the wheat crop, if not winter
killed.
For fifty years I have watched GLOW.
er sown on eight different kinds Of
soil. When sown on wheat or rye
about the last freeze near the LIST Of
April. I never knew an entire failure.
II oats are put in early and the season
is wet, clover sown on it may take
well. But it is uncertain sown on
oats, and much more so on corn.
When clover succeeds wheat l prefer
to NOV it for two or three years, OF
until it and the timothy run out"
But the soil gets all the benefit from
the decayed stubble and roots whom
we pillow the land for corn. as 1t would
Il a crop Of clover was plowed in. And
the additional benefit that the soil
would get from blowing in a crop Of
hay would not equal tho value Of the
hay and the manure it would make, a.
the manure made from hay Is ninety
per cent. as much As the hay would DO
II plowed In. The clover runs out the
second year. often, and timothy takes
its place. And the longer we can
NOW . field the better, as land In
grass does not lose in fertility. Under
culture it loses rapidly. as 1t takes q
coat Of manure and sod equal to q
coat Of manure to supply tho waste Of
plant food that three crops take from
the soil- - n. Smith. in Ohio Tnrnper